Safety-deposit receptacle



ZSheets-Sheeo l July l0, 1928.

E. s. PEER SAFETY DEPOSIT RECEPTAGLE Filed Feb. 2, 192'? Q WP., m5 w D.N. m M E ATTORNEY July* l0, 1928.

' E. s. PEER SAFETY DEPOS IT REGEPTACLE Filed Feb. 2, 1927 2 Shets-Sheet2 INVENTOR EDWARD 5. PEER ATTORNEY atented .hilly 1Q, A narran LeraresLeie-,m7

aa-'raar naar EDWARD s. renner Los ANGLEscALIFRNIA SAFETY-DEPOSITRncurracnn.

grancassa sied February My invention relates to safety deposit renlceptacles olf the character embodied in my Away cars for ,supportingVcard tables, my inl ventionbeiiig characterized by tlieattaching lmeans being capable ot'application to any conventional orino'f cardtable wall brack# 'et,'tlius allowing a Wide range of use of thereceptable in respect Ato various'orms of bracket. f

Irwill describe only oney form o's-afety de- 'i'positreceptacleembodying my invention,

and will then point out the novel features thereof in claims.l

y In the accompanying drawings,v

Figure 1 is a view showing i vati'on one form of' safety depositreceptacle embodying mykv invention linapplied` position` to one lformotwall bracketvv and,j with the closure member ofttheV receptacleremoved;

Figure 2 isa vertical sectional'vie'w ofthe, receptacle and lwallbracket shown in Figure, l with the closure member in appliedfposil I fl j rear wall and extending-alongfthesides of i "tion to thereceptacle.;

I bracket; y 'v plied position to ,a

f `Figure 8 'is a fragmentary view showingk the` rc'ceptaclevi-n frontelevation ,with the 'closure 'member thereof land thefmovable attachingarm removed; r

Fifrure 21 is'a'detailfperspective-viewjof-p` 'the 'wall 'bracket'shownin Figures 1 anid 2;

Figurer isV aira'gmentary vertical sec-:-

' tional view oi' the receptacle in appliedilio- `vsiti'onto'v anotherform of fwallfbracket;

Figure'iGH-ispa detail perspective viowvof Figur-'e S'isa fragmentaryvertical sectionalview of the receptaclefshowing'a .cove

plate in .fappliedaposition thereto;

FigureQis a -detail perspective viewofl p f 22 fto'tlie rightlangular.,position shown in ,thecover'plate shown 'in' yFigure '8.x 1,

l Fig'.r 10 isa tragmeutaiy vertical sectional ,y view illustrating'the'V manner -in whichV the@ movableatt'aching arm Vis employed in'ysen curing the receptacle" to a'ce'rtain iormfoir wall bracket. e

n. front ele-` shown ini Figure 5;. f Figure '4 is a"iagigmentaryIvievvshowingthe' receptacle yin frear'elevation-andlrin fap-- fthir'dEforin'o'f wallv 2, 191271 sr'iaino.165,429.v

ilar 'parts in eachv of the several parts.

I I Referring specifically. to the drawings, imy invention, in itspresent embodiment, ycom- .prises a box B formed of metal orany'fsuitable material with one side thereof openfbiit Similarjreference characters refertosim'- adapted Vto :be closed ,by a closure.member C. y

The rear `or opposite `side'olt {thefbox is Vprovided with a slot oropening l5 having an end extension aas sliownlin Figurel 3, and

throughthis slot attaching means'is'adapted A rto be extended by whichthe box is capableV of being attached to any oneofa .plurality oi'`diilerent lforms 'of wall brackets, 'such as are used in Pullmancars for'attaching' card tables to a wall of the fear. The attaching means, inthe present instance, comprises aff pair of stationary attachingfaimsflsecured wat their lower ends to a plate" 17 Which-is riveted orotherwise secured tothe inner y side of the rear b ox Walllju'st belowthe slot y i i 15; VThe upper ends ofthe arms 16 are prov V17' e and theyrear lwall of ,'.tghebox is a screwy '-20 which provides 'arotatablemounting for Aa stud y21y carrying ka latching `arm 22, a -latthe. farm' and theV platev 19 and yieldably ,urged inthe direction ofthe `a-rinby means ring '23fbeing'mov`able on thestud between operationwithfthe hooked. extensions 1870i the'arms 161o'r attaching thebox as .aunit Ito, a wall bracket. The arm 25 jisfin the interposed betweenthelatching arm 22 and the ring 23, 'whereupon by turning the. arm

Figure :1 :the attaching arm can be 'secured to the stud. In applyingthe 4arm to the stud, it is, of course, necessary to forcethe armyagainst the Vring 23 `until thezlatter'is pushed' inwardly of the studlto allow' the attaching Varm to pass the" latch 22 when,

upon turning thelatch to the right angular position and releasing theattaching arm, the

spring 211 will function to urge the ring, and

consequently the arm, outwardly .againstthe i latch 22, therebyretaining the attaching arm on the ment.

As shown in Figure 2, the upper` end of the arm 25 is bent ,laterally toprovide a hooked extension2'7, and at the junction of stud againstaccidental displacel the extension andarm thevlatter is formed with a.pocket or recess 28, the purpose of which will vbe describedhereinafter. The lower end .of the arm 25 is vbent-in the reversedirection Vwith respect to the upper end to form a hooked extension 29which is shorter vand different,inrcurvature, as it is designed to beassociated with wall bracketsdilferent Y in form from those with whichthe extensions 27 are adapted to be associated. By a Consideration ofFigures 2 and A`10, it will be evident that the attaching arm isreversibleon the stud 21-to position either eX- tension 27 or 29' in theslot' 15 of the box,

depending upon the particular form of wall bracket `to which the-box risadapted to be applied.

` In F igurel I have shown one conventional type of wall bracketprovided with "a slot 30 and an elongated projectionl.

In Figures 1 and 2 I have shown the receptacle in applied' position tothe bracket,

and-which application is effected in the lfol-` lowingmaiiner: Withthe'cover C removed, 'Y the boxrcan be manipulated to cause the hookedextensions 18 to engage on the lower edge of the slot 30, lwhichobviously supports the box `against downward movement fon thewall`bracket.v By now applying the I attaching arm, the extension 27ycan beexboxvon the bracket.

kvrear side ofv thc'bracket.

tended through the slots ofthe box and bracket so that its upper endengages the j By securingthe arm in this position through the medium ofthe latch 22, the arm'is caused to `func'- tion to prevent upwardmovement of the Thus the two extensions' 18 and 27V co-act in preventingvertical positioning' of the box Yo n the bracket, as

'well as horizontal movement, so that the receptacle as a whole risfixedly secured to vthe bracket. The closure .C can now be applied tolthe box, and by the provision of a lock L of `any conventional form,preferably a combination lock, the closure may be securely locked kinposition, thereby'preventing access to the attaching means. It

ywillbe apparentthat the extension 15a/of the slotl15 is designed toaccommodate the adjacent end ofthe` projection 31 of *theV wall bracket.

In Figure 6 I have shownl another con- Aventional form of wall bracket,and in Figure 5 .I have shown the bracket in position upon a wall andthe deposit receptacle applied thereto. The bracket is formed with vaslot 32 and a Acentrally disposed `projection'83 onits outer side. Withthe rec'epvy tacle applied to the bracket, Ythe spacing of the arms 1Gaccommodates the projection 33 and permits the hooked extensions 18 toengage on the lower wall of the slot 32. The extension`27 of the arin 25is projected through the slot 32 of the bracket sol that its upper endportion vengagesthe `bracket in the manner shown, the pocket 28accommodating the projection 33 in order that suchr extension may havethe proper `locking engagement with` the bracket and to therebyeffectively` co-act with the extensions18 to fixedly secure thekreceptacle to the bracket.

the sloti 35l of the bracket and to thus cooperate with .the extensions18 f in -fixedly securing the receptaclel to the bracket.

In Figure A10 vI have shown awall bracket i having'a slot 86 `andwithout projections, yas in thejprevious forms of brackets. To attachthe receptacle tofthis form .of bracket,

the extension v29 is employed byineans vof reversing the positionofthearm 25 from that shown in Figure 2,v sothatt-heextension' 29 can beprojected from the rear side of the box and into the slot 86lof thebracket, so asf to engagethe upper edge of the slot and therebyeffectively co-operatey with the extensions 18y in fixedly securing thereceptacle to the bracket. Toffacilitate the movement'of the arm 25toone'position or the other, handles 25a vare providedV on thearin atoppositesides thereof, as clearly Vshown 4 in Figure 2. When thetensions 18 project from the rear side of thel box, and in order toprevent these exposed f extensions from marring articles with which thereceptacle may be. packed, I provide a `receptacle is not inuse, theex-A j resilientplate 37 curved as shown in Figure j 9, and provided atits lower endl with a v-tongue'38- In theapplied position of the plate,the tongue 38 isextended through the slot 15 of thebox so as` to engagewithin the plate with the lip in this position, a lscrewsv ,threadedfastening member 39, can bev envgaged vwithin a suitable tappethole inythe latter'between the arms 16. By flexing thew l box'to securetheplate in overlying position Y with respect to the extensions 18.

Iclaiin as my invention: Y l. A safety deposit receptacle comprising isoa box, one side of which is provided with an opening and the other sideof` which is open, stationary and spaced arms fixed to the receptacleand projecting through said opening, a movable arm attachable to the boxfrom a point interiorly thereof land lextendible through said opening tocoact With the first arms in providing means for securing the box to' aWall bracket, a closure for the box, and locking means for the closure.v

.2. A safety deposit receptacle comprising a box having a slot in oneside thereof and the other side open, a plate secured within the box andhaving a pair of attaching arms extending through the slot, movableattaching arms extended through the slot, resilient means for latchingthe movable attaching arm to the plate at a point interiorly of the box,a closure for the open side of the box, and locking means for theclosure.

3. A safety deposit receptacle as embodied Y in claim 1 wherein a coverplate is attach-` able to the box to overlie the projecting ends of thestationary arms for the purpose described.

4. A safety deposit receptacle as embodied in claim 2 wherein theresilient` latching means comprises a rotatable latchmember having astud, a ring on the stud, and means for urging the ring toward the latchmember so as to urge the attaching arm toward the latch member toprevent accidental disp placement of thev arm from the latch member. p

5. In a safety deposit receptacle, an attaching arm having extensions atits oppo-v 6. The attaching arm as embodied in claim v5 wherein one ofits extensions is provided with a depressed portion for the purposedescribed.

7. A safety deposit receptacle compris-vv inga box one side of Which isopen and the other side provided with an opening, a stationary arm fixedto the receptacle and pro# iectingthrough said opening, a movable arm`extendable through said opening from the interior of' the box toco-actwith the r'st arm in providing means for securing the box to awall bracket, means for latching the movable arm to the box at a" pointin teriorly of the latter comprising a latch member rotatable inthe boxand including a stud, a ring on'the stud, and means for Y urging thering towards the latch member the closure.

'EDWARD s.l PEER.

